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The Degorithm

Cross someone's taste.
Discover what to do next.

Food. Music. Travel. Brands. In seconds.

You don't follow taste — you cross it. itja connects the ranked choices of real people across every category, so you discover food, music, travel destinations, and brands you never knew you'd love.

✓ You're on the list — we'll be in touch!

480+ people already waiting

Crossing Taste
📌Travel → Seoul
↓ crossing into ↓
🥂Whisky picks
🎵Music they love
🥽Brands they wear
Discovered — by Seoul lovers
1
Balvenie 14
97
2
Yamazaki 12
93
3
Glenfarclas 15
89

What Makes Itja Different

You don't follow taste.
You cross it.

Crossing taste means taking one real person's preference in one category — and discovering what it reveals in a completely different one. Not browsing. Not scrolling. Crossing.

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Cross taste
One preference unlocks another world entirely
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From real people
Ranked choices from people whose judgment you trust
03
Fast & simple
Restaurant, trip, brand — discovered in seconds

Cross-Category Discovery

One taste leads
to another.

Lock one preference. Cross into a completely different category. Discover restaurants, trips, and brands through the real choices of people you follow.

People who love Seoul → their top whisky picks
→ Balvenie 14, Yamazaki 12
🥂
People who drink Balvenie 14 → restaurants they love
→ Jungsik NYC, Atomix
🎵
People who love Kygo → travel destinations
→ Lisbon, Kyoto, Copenhagen

Taste Crossing in Action

📌Seoul — locked
↓ crossing into
🥂Whisky picks
🍴Restaurants
🏠Travel destinations

Whisky — ranked by Seoul lovers

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Balvenie 14
97
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J
M
2
Yamazaki 12
93
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Why Now

Three unmet needs.
One missing platform.

The world is full of recommendations. What's missing is the right person's.

NEED 01
AI Recommendation
Fatigue
"ChatGPT answers everything.
But whose taste is it, really?"
Algorithms are broad & averaged

People want a specific person's taste — not a machine's best guess. The more AI answers everything, the more we crave a real human pick.

NEED 02
Trust Crisis
in Reviews
"Yelp, Google Reviews.
Long, slow, and untrustworthy."
Reviews are anonymous & manipulated

People want to know WHO recommended it — and whether their taste aligns with yours. Identity matters more than star ratings.

NEED 03
Information
Overload
"Instagram, TikTok.
You scroll for hours, find nothing."
Infinite content, zero discovery

People want fast, purposeful discovery — food, music, travel, brands — in seconds. Not endless feeds. The degorithm.

Real People. Real Rankings.

Not a feed.
A person.

Every recommendation on itja comes from a real person with a real ranked list. Follow them. Cross their taste. Discover something new.

M
Maximus
@maximus · 891 followers

Travel

1
Vienna
98
2
London
95
3
Pittsburgh
88
T
Tony
@tony · 540 followers

Music

1
Kygo
99
2
Bon Iver
95
3
Nick Drake
92
CL
Clara
@clara · 312 followers

Whisky

1
Balvenie 14
97
2
Lagavulin 16
94
3
Dalmore 12
89

The Degorithm — by itja

Our Vision

People over algorithms.
Taste over content.

We built Itja on one belief: the best recommendation still comes from a real person. Not an AI average. Not a sponsored placement. A human being who has genuinely experienced something — and ranked it.

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People over algorithms
Real picks from people you trust
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Taste over content
Structured preferences, not endless feeds
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Discovery over consumption
Find what to do next — fast

The Degorithm

Cross taste.
Discover what to do next.

Restaurant. Trip. Brand. In seconds.

✓ You're on the list — we'll be in touch!

480+ people already waiting